Because Zhang Guiren called Ji Ling "sister" today, the two became closer than before.
Zhang Guiren's maiden name is "Shengjian". It can be seen that her father is also a middle-aged literary and artistic man. He actually named his daughter from a poem by Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The wine is running low, and the music is playing in a drunken dream."
It was originally a very poetic name, but Ji Ling beamed when she heard it.
Panjian? Good name, good name!
After chatting for a while, Ji Ling saw that Zhang Guiren liked the rouge paste very much, so he asked Qixi to dig out the silk embroidered purse and put the small blue and white porcelain jar filled with half of the rouge paste for Zhang Guiren.
Zhang Guiren held the purse, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, and smiled softly: "When I was in the boudoir, like my sister, I also liked these rouges and gouache. As a daughter, she naturally loves beauty and always wants to wear it.
I dress up nicely, but that’s just for..."
Ji Ling was leaning on the chair, sipping a glass of iced sour plum soup. Hearing what Zhang Guiren said, he raised his head and looked at her.
Zhang Guiren's words stopped abruptly.
She put down the purse and said in a low voice: "Sister, you don't know, I don't want to enter the palace at all,".
Her eyes were a little dazed, and her voice seemed to be floating: "I am tired and tired of living inside the palace walls. Every time I dream about it late at night, I dream about the people before the draft...
Make peace."
Just when Ji Ling was about to speak, Qixi had already come in to hand over the lunch menu, so he interrupted Zhang Guiren's words.
Ji Ling took a look at it, asked Zhang Guiren about his taste, made some modifications, and gave the menu to Qixi, leaving Zhang Guiren to have lunch with him.
When the dining table was set, Zhang Guiren only saw that the dishes on the table included iced lotus root mixed with glutinous rice and sugar, iced honeysuckle and lotus seed duck soup, stir-fried field snails, bitter melon, bitter diced clam, white radish soup...
There is also a large bowl of buckwheat jelly cubes soaked in cold water and placed on the white cotton cloth used to wrap tofu. When you look at it, it looks like ice cubes, white and steaming.
Xiao Lezi wore a plain sleeve and cut it into small diamond-shaped pieces on the spot, arranged it into a chrysanthemum shape, and garnished it with white sesame seeds, fried peanuts, pickled radish, coriander, pepper, vinegar, chopped green onion... plus two small spoons
The red chili oil is numb and spicy!
When the fun was over, Ji Ling ate two small bowls of jelly in a row. It was so spicy that his tongue hurt!
Qixi quickly brought over a pot of iced bamboo leaf green tea, but Ji Ling was not in a hurry to drink it. Mixing this green tea with the iced lotus root juice mixed with glutinous rice sugar and lotus root on the table, it has the fragrance of lotus root juice, osmanthus, and tea leaves.
Bitter.
At this time, Zhang Guiren asked Ji Ling in a low voice: "Sister, do you also eat these dishes on weekdays?".
Ji Ling said while eating: "It wasn't like that before. The weather has been hot recently. The more I eat this iced food, the more comfortable I feel."
Zhang Guiren thought for a moment and then asked: "Is that little eunuch just now responsible for my sister's meals?"
While eating the stir-fried snails, Ji Ling nodded casually, shook his head and said, "You mean a little fun? That belongs to Concubine Qi. She was afraid that my dining room would not be enough, so she gave me a new person, but I am responsible here."
The kitchen manager is still the same Xiao Dazi from before.”
When she said this, she took the chopsticks from Qixi, took some snails and gave them to Zhang Guiren, and said: "This is fried very fragrant and has five flavors. You try it. No matter whether you are a newcomer or an old person in my kitchen, their skills are excellent."
Not bad!", and then said: "Please add more rice, you look thin, just let your belly eat with me!".
As a result, before the meal was finished, Xiao Chenzi from the Yangxin Palace brought two young eunuchs over and presented them with a very novel thing called the "Golden Horned Little Bow".
The shape of the bow and arrow was small and exquisite, and very cute. It was only half the size of an ordinary bow and arrow. It was golden in color and wrapped with the auspicious silk of the Dragon Boat Festival. It looked like a small toy. The arrow was also blunt and could not hurt anyone at all.
Equipped with a small bow with golden horns, there are sixteen drawers full of rice dumplings!
Sixteen drawers!
Ji Ling: In the eyes of Fourth Master, I may be a loser...
Xiao Chenzi seemed to be very economical on manpower. The two young eunuchs each carried eight cages. When they put down the rice dumplings, Ji Ling saw that their palms were all red from the pressure.
She couldn't bear to look at it, so she quickly asked Qixi to give him some money as a reward.
In front of Ji Ling, Xiao Chenzi opened a cage and showed her that the rice dumplings inside had been peeled and the skins had been removed.
Xiao Chenzi smiled and repeated the emperor's words. The general idea was that these rice dumplings were used to play with Ji Gui, so that she could practice shooting rice dumplings with a golden bow. She might not be able to use them at the Brown Banquet on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Because glutinous rice is sticky, it is easier to hit an arrow after removing the skin of the rice dumpling.
When Ji Ling saw it, she thought of asking Yin yesterday if it was fun to shoot rice dumplings with a golden bow during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Unexpectedly, the fourth master seemed to be indifferent, but in fact he really remembered it in his heart.
She thought of Yin sitting in the pile of memorials in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, draped over the memorials with great anxiety. She also thought of the little gadget she asked about, and sent someone to bring it to her specially, and also paired it with rice dumplings for her.
After practicing, Ji Ling felt moved.
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When Zhang Guiren left, he had just left the Jingyang Palace gate when he saw two eunuchs leading an imperial doctor towards the Jingyang Palace gate.
Seeing a noble person walking out, the two eunuchs quickly bowed their heads, stepped aside and rolled their sleeves to say hello.
Zhang Guiren shouted, and just as he was about to walk over, he suddenly stopped, paused for a while, then turned around and said, "Mr. Di!".
Imperial physician Di An raised his head and looked at Zhang Guiren's face for only a moment. His expression was instantly shaken, and then he bowed down and said, "Greetings to Zhang Guiren!".
Zhang Guiren stretched out his hand to support her and said: "Doctor Di, please come up quickly." He then said: "Today...are you here to diagnose Mao Bin's pulse?".
Dean hesitated for a moment and said, "In reply to your message to Mr. Zhang, I have been ordered to come to ask for Mr. Ji's safety."
Zhang Guiren nodded, glanced at the two eunuchs, and took a few steps forward.
Dean understood and followed her for a few steps. Zhang Guicai whispered: "I just came out of Ji Guiren's yard. She is in great spirits and she must be in good health.".
Dean said respectfully: "Yes, I am just following the emperor's will to seek peace for your nobleman. In this way, the emperor can rest assured."
Zhang Guiren nodded. Just when he was about to say something, he saw Dean looking at the ground as if summoning up a thousand kinds of courage. He swallowed and said in a low voice and quickly: "Is 'she' okay?".
Zhang Guiren didn't say anything. He only said for a long time: "Just the same as before!".
For a moment both of them were silent.
Dean wanted to ask again, but saw the two eunuchs stamping their feet and glancing here, knowing that it would be inconvenient to stay any longer.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhang Guiren chased him for a while: "Mr. Di! Ji Guiren is a kind-hearted person and takes great care of me. Since she is favored, you must pay more attention to her treatment!".